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By Akashma News

War is the ultimate display of humanity’s failure—an act of destruction that disregards life, the planet, and any moral or spiritual responsibility. Soldiers, politicians, world leaders, and investors profiting from weapons manufacturing contribute to this cycle of violence, showing a blatant lack of respect for human life and the world we inhabit.

But responsibility does not end with them. Those who passively consume news and social media coverage of war—watching real-time destruction in Gaza, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya without speaking out—are complicit in this apathy. Silence in the face of genocide and warfare only fuels the normalization of violence. Empathy is not just a virtue; its absence is a disease that spreads indifference.

The war in Gaza has claimed over 47,000 Palestinian lives since October 2023, with thousands more buried under rubble. According to an October 2, 2024 letter to President Biden from a group of U.S. physicians, 62,413 people in Gaza have died of starvation.

According to the United Nations. In Afghanistan, a 20-year war left at least 47,000 civilians dead, as reported by Brown University’s Costs of War Project. The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, justified by false claims of weapons of mass destruction, resulted in more than 200,000 civilian deaths, while Libya, once Africa’s wealthiest nation, fell into chaos following NATO’s intervention in 2011, leading to ongoing conflict and a migrant crisis.

According to the Watson Institute for International, &Public Affairs, “Civilian Killed and Wounded article; The U.S. post-9/11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia have taken a tremendous human toll. The total death toll in these war zones, including direct and indirect deaths, is at least 4.5-4.7 million and counting. Of these, an estimated 408,000 civilians died directly from war violence. Precise mortality figures remain unknown.

War is a machine that crushes humanity under its wheels. It is not inevitable; it is a choice—one that must be condemned and resisted. Raise your voice against the atrocities in Gaza. Stand against war. Demand accountability. Because silence, too, is complicity.